About AJS

The Association for Jewish Studies is a learned society and professional organization whose mission is to advance research and teaching in Jewish Studies at colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning, and to foster greater understanding of Jewish Studies scholarship among the wider public.

Membership

With more than 1900 individual members and over 70 institutional members, the AJS provides an intellectual forum for university faculty, graduate students, independent scholars, museum and related professionals, and all those interested in the scholarly field of Jewish Studies.

Annual Conference

With more than 1100 attendees, over 190 sessions, a major book exhibit of leading publishers, cultural programming, and gala banquet, the AJS Conference is the largest annual gathering of Jewish Studies scholars in the world.

Publications & Research

The publications of AJS are leading forums for exploring Jewish studies scholarship and critical issues in Jewish studies methodology and pedagogy: its peer-reviewed scholarly journal AJS Review, its magazine AJS Perspectives, and its e-newsletter AJS News.

Thank You to Our Donors

AJS expresses its gratitude to the following individuals and institutions for their generous support of the organization and its programs over 2016 and 2017.

Howard Adelman

Eliyana Adler

Rebecca Alpert

Robert Alter

American Society for Jewish Music

Anonymous

Alan Appelbaum

Zachary M. Baker

David A. Barish

Lawrence and Bonnie Baron

Judith Baskin

Steven Bayme

Batsheva Ben-Amos

Yitzhak Berger

Ari and Iona Bergmann

Jay R. Berkovitz

Ra'anan Boustan

Francesca Bregoli

Barbara S. Burstin

Cahnman Foundation

Michael Carasik

Robert Chazan

Elliot Cosgrove

Arnold Dashefsky

Hasia Diner

Marc Dollinger

Lois Dubin

John Efron

Jodi Eichler-Levine

David Ellenson

Todd Michael Endelman

David Engel

Harriet Feinberg

Seymour N. Feldman

Janice Wendi Fernheimer

Robert E. Fierstien

Joshua Furman and Alisha Klapholz

Stephen Garfinkel

Gelb Foundation Fund/Scranton Area Foundation, Inc

Mordecai Genn

Jane Gerber

Leonard S. Gold

Karla Goldman

Arthur Green

Deborah A. Green

Frederick E. Greenspahn

Jonathan Gribetz

Geraldine Gudefin

Ariela Katz Gugenheim

Judith Hauptman

Christine Hayes

Jonathan L. Hecht

Ellen Hertzmark

Jonathan Hess

Martha Himmelfarb

Anne Golomb Hoffman

Alfred Ivry

George and Carol Jochnowitz

Willa M. Johnson

Jenna Weissman Joselit

Robin E. Judd

Jason Kalman and Dana Herman

Ephraim Kanarfogel

Samuel D. Kassow

Ethan Katz

Maya Balakirsky Katz

Ari Kelman

Shaul Kelner

Melissa R. Klapper

Samuel Z. Klausner

Eric Chaim Kline

Clifford Kulwin

Gail Labovitz

Hartley Lachter

Daniel J. Lasker

Phyllis Lassner and Jacob Lassner

Lori Hope Lefkovitz

Erica Lehrer

Laura Levitt

Laura Lieber

Deborah E. Lipstadt

Judit Bokser Liwerant

James Loeffler

Steven M. Lowenstein

Timothy Martin Lutz

Maud S. Mandel

Michael Marmur

Michael A. Meyer

Deborah Dash Moore

Samuel Moyn

Phillip Benjamin Munoa

David N. Myers

Pamela S. Nadell

David Nimmer

Aaron Panken

Noam Pianko

Riv-Ellen Prell

Todd Presner

Kenneth Reisman

Eric and Teddy Roiter

Daniel Rosenberg

Jesse Rosenberg

Moshe Rosman

Joe Sakurai

Richard S. Sarason

Jonathan D. Sarna and Ruth Langer

Cathy Schechter

Lawrence Schiffman

Seth Schwartz

Shuly Rubin Schwartz

Kenneth R. Seeskin

Marla Segol

Robert M. Seltzer

Jeffrey Shandler

Joshua Shanes

Hershel Shanks

Adam B. Shear

Kay K. Shelemay

Rona Sheramy

Anna Shternshis

Mark Stratton Smith

Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership

Oren Baruch Stier

Suzanne Last Stone

Lance J. Sussman

Shelly Tenenbaum

Magda Teter

John T. Townsend

Katja Vehlow

Jeff Veidlinger

Andrew Viterbi

Seth Ward

David J. Wasserstein

Deborah Waxman

Stuart Weinblatt

Steven Weitzman

Rebecca Lynn Winer

L. Wiseman

Ruth R. Wisse

David J. Wolpe

James E. Young

Carol Zemel

Ziony Zevit

Tian Zhang

Wendy Ilene Zierler

Steven J. Zipperstein

Your contributions sustain a rich array of AJS programs, resources, and publications and help keep membership dues and conference fees affordable. Your gifts also support new initiatives, such as surveys of the field and data collection, professional development webinars and programs, travel grant opportunities, and onsite childcare at the AJS Conference.